Political Reporter

Sandra Endo is one of NY1’s lead political reporters and has covered a wide array of campaigns, four national political conventions, and the transit strike of 2005.

In addition to reporting extensively on the 2005 mayoral race, Sandra traveled to Japan that year and produced a five-part series comparing how the governments of Tokyo and New York City tackle similar urban problems. While in Tokyo, she landed a rare television interview with the city's governor in the midst of heightened tensions between Japan and China. The series was turned into a half-hour special.

Sandra has regularly broken stories while reporting on City Hall, and has followed Mayor Bloomberg across the country and to the Dominican Republic. Helping lead the station's coverage of the 2005 transit strike, she also covered the 2002 talks between the Transport Workers Union and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, often reporting exclusive details throughout the negotiations.

In her time with the political unit, Sandra has covered Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign, the Giuliani administration, and the 9/11 terror attacks on the city. In 2004 she reported from the floor of the Democratic National Conventions in Boston and Los Angeles and the Republican conventions in New York and in Philadelphia. Sandra has also reported from some of the largest labor and anti-war rallies in the state, and covered spot news across the city. She continues to guest host the station's nightly political news program, "Inside City Hall", as well as perform fill-in anchor duties for the station's daily newscasts.

Her work has included an examination of the city's social service system, which led to greater protection for victims of domestic violence.

Sandra started at NY1 in 1998, shooting video and producing stories, and previously worked at WNBC-TV and interned at ABC News. She is a graduate of New York University.

A California native, Sandra is second-generation Japanese American, and is very active in the Asian American community in New York. She is a member of the New York chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association and spends some of her time helping out a variety of charities. She has been a competitive swimmer for most of her life and is an All-American record holder.

She can be reached at sandy.endo@ny1news.com.